Brazil authorities open investigations into boat with decomposed bodies
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The Brazilian federal prosecutors office and Para state’s federal police said in statements on Saturday that they will open investigations following reports of a boat found with decomposed…
Former Brazil military chiefs implicate Bolsonaro in coup conspiracy
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) – The former commanders of Brazil’s Army and Air Force told police investigators that President Jair Bolsonaro summoned them twice to meetings to discuss…
Yellen to visit Brazil for G20 meeting, Chile for bilateral talks
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will join finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies for meetings in Sao Paolo, Brazil next week, and then…
Brazil army colonel arrested in military coup probe on return from US
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian army colonel wanted by police in an investigation into am attempted coup by associates of Brazil’s former far-right president was arrested on Sunday when…
Brazil intercepts illegal flight over Indigenous land invaded by gold miners
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The Brazilian Air Force said on Tuesday it fired warning shots at a plane and forced it to land for violating a no-fly ban over the Yanomami Indigenous reservation…
Brazil creates 1.484 million jobs in 2023 after worse-than-expected December
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil ended 2023 with a net creation of 1.484 million jobs, said the Labor Ministry on Tuesday, a result that followed disappointing figures from December. Latin America’s largest economy…
Brazil central bank to cut rates by 50 basis points for fifth time on Jan. 31 – Reuters poll
By Luana Maria Benedito and Gabriel Burin SAO PAULO/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank will cut its key rate by 50 basis points next week for the fifth time in a…
Brazil Indigenous group’s crisis persists after 308 deaths in 2023, report says
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – The Brazilian government’s effort to evict illegal gold miners from the Yanomami Indigenous reservation in the northern Amazon has stalled with outsiders increasingly invading the vast…
Brazil spy agency under Bolsonaro allegedly snooped on justices, politicians
By Ricardo Brito and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s Abin spy agency allegedly conducted illegal surveillance on at least three Supreme Court Justices and a former Lower House speaker during Jair Bolsonaro’s…
Brazil to share intel, technology with Amazon nations at Manaus police hub
By Anthony Boadle and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil is moving ahead with the creation of an international security center in Manaus that will bring together Amazon nations in policing the…
Brazil unlikely to meet 2024 fiscal goals, audit court says
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil should end 2024 with a primary deficit of 55.3 billion reais ($11.2 billion), the federal audit court (TCU) said, in the latest sign of skepticism that President Luiz…
Brazil police target congressman in raids part of 2023 riots probe
RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police on Thursday served search-and-seizure warrants against a congressman as they continue to investigate the Jan. 8, 2023 riots in Brasilia, in which supporters of…
Brazil must take action to protect Amazon’s Yanomami permanently, police chief says
By Ricardo Brito and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Police action will not suffice to defend Yanomami territory in the Amazon from illegal gold miners, and Brazil’s government must throw its full…
ETF provider Global X upbeat on Brazil: ‘Lots of good things going on’
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Global X, one of the world’s top exchange-traded funds (ETF) providers, is optimistic about Brazil’s prospects as Latin America’s largest economy drives a monetary easing…
Brazil unveils tax benefits for firms to boost investments
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin on Sunday unveiled government measures aimed at providing companies with tax benefits so they can buy new machinery and invest in transportation. The…
Brazil shows concern as Venezuela slams UK warship sent to Guyana
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil expressed concern on Friday after Venezuela complained about the deployment of a British warship off the Guyana coast, raising tensions in a border dispute over the oil-rich Esequibo…
UnitedHealth agrees to sell Brazil operations to Qualicorp founder
(Reuters) -UnitedHealth Group said on Friday it had agreed to sell its operations in Brazil to the founder and former CEO of health insurance firm Qualicorp José Seripieri Filho. Last week, two…
Brazil to launch program to boost industrial machinery renewal – minister
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil will launch a program this week to encourage companies to update their machinery and acquire more modern equipment to increase productivity, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Tuesday.…
Brazil congressional committee approves 2024 budget bill
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s congressional budget committee approved on Thursday the country’s 2024 budget bill, with a shallower-than-expected spending cut in President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s growth acceleration program. The bill…
Brazil limits debt growth on revolving credit card lines
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s National Monetary Council, the country’s top economic policy body, on Thursday set regulations on a measure passed in October to limit interest rates and financial charges in revolving credit…
Brazil police launch raids over Braskem’s sinking ground havoc
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s federal police on Thursday conducted raids as part of a probe into petrochemical producer Braskem’s sinking ground havoc in the city of Maceio, which has forced about 60,000…
Brazil Supreme Court suspends $2 billion fine on JBS owner
BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian Supreme Court justice suspended a 10.3 billion real ($2.10 billion) fine on J&F, the firm that controls the world’s largest meatpacker, JBS, according to a decision seen…
Brazil lawmakers pass bill to pave a highway through Amazon rainforest
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The lower house of Brazil’s Congress has approved a bill to relax environmental licensing to pave a highway cutting through the heart of the Amazon that scientists say will…
Brazil economic activity down 0.06% in October
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Economic activity in Brazil performed worse than expected in October, central bank data showed on Wednesday, corroborating broad readings of economic cooling. The IBC-Br index, a key predictor…
S&P upgrades Brazil to ‘BB’ following major tax reform
BRASILIA (Reuters) -S&P Global Ratings upgraded Brazil’s long-term ratings to “BB” from “BB-” on Tuesday following the approval of a landmark tax reform, which the agency said reinforced the country’s pragmatic track…
Brazil airlines shares rise on relief amid Lula push for lower ticket prices
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Shares of Brazilian airlines rose on Tuesday on investor relief that a government deal to lower ticket prices was not as heavy-handed as some expected,…
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